Unit 2: 5.2 Flashcards

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Voluntary Migration

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Type of migration in which people make the choice to move

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Forced Migration

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Compelled to move because of economic, political, cultural, environmental factors

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Transnational Migration

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When people retain strong cultural emotional, and financial ties with their initial country of origin

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Internal migration

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Movement that happens within a certain place (country)
Examples: Moving from Florida to California

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Friction of Distance

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The longer the journey the more time, effort, and money put in
Examples: Going to Ghana will take more time, effort, and money than going to Florida (from Illinois).

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Transhumance

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The movement of herds between cooler pastures and higher elevations

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Chain Migration

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A chain reaction of people moving because others have previously
Examples: The domino effect

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Step migration

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Smaller movements that get to the intended destination in steps.
Examples: the intended destination is Ghana so I move from Illinois to Belgium than finally to Ghana

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Intervening Obstacle

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An obstacle that get in the WAY of immigration and emigration

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Intervening Opportunity

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Something that offsets the original plan but presents a new
Examples: Causes migrants to put moving on hold by choice

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Guest Workers

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Travels to a new country to do temporary labor
Examples: In Qatar they hired guest workers to build the stadium for the World Cup

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Circular Migration

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Migrant workers move in and out of their country of origin and where their temporary jobs are
Examples: If I live in Australia and I am a guest worker in Africa I can travel back and forth between the to

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Refugees

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A person forced to leave their country due to fear of death and/or persecution
Examples: There was a rule that if migrants could get one foot on dry land they would be able to apply for asylum as a refugee

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Asylum

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Getting protection from a country as a right
Examples: In order to apply for asylum you must first apply for refugee

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Internally Displaced Persons

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Similar to refugee these are people who were forced to flee were they originated because fo fear for their lives
Examples: These people are not refugees because they have not fled the country to another one; hence, internally displaced person

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16
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Human trafficking

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Essentially “kid”napping people and selling them